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1) The multiple parameters for multiple performance
characteristics are found to be the higest speed, the
smaller cutting volume and the medium load.
2) To study further within the experimental range used,
we found that the most significant cutting parameter for
multiple performance characteristics are the cutting
speed, which accounts for 47.21% of the total effect,
followed by the cutting volume (14.62%), and the cutting
load, which accounts for only 12.20% of the total effect.
3) In summary, the most optimal cutting parameter is
A3B1C2.
4) In the cutting glass fiber, using reliability analysis
with Grey-based Taguchi methods is a good way to im-
prove the multiple performance characteristics.
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